Orchestral Companion Strings, picking up the end (release) of a MIDI note

Hi guys, I just downloaded Sonivox Orchestral Companion strings and for some reason when I try and record using it, it only picks up the very end of the midi note and plays that, like when I release the key. The MIDI note looks like it should be playing a long sustained note, but instead it just plays the release of the note, which sucks! I don't have this issue on any other plugins so I'm assuming its something to do directly with Orchestral Companion. I'm using Protools 11 which is fully compatable. Anyone have any suggestions? cheers Ben

I don't believe this had to do with the software. This sounds like it pertains your MIDI controller instead. Make sure that you have the very latest version of this software installed too - http://sonivoxmi.com/products/details....

Have you solved this problem? I have been having the same issue with mine. I am running Pro Tools 12, so I don't know if they are working out kinks in that maybe? But you said you were using PT 11, so I'm wondering if this issue has been solved for you. When I am in "record-enabled" mode everything works just fine, but once I actually hit record the same thing happens as you describe. I have also tried on two different midi keyboards (which both function perfectly with other virtual instruments). Hopefully I can get this figured out, as the sounds I'm hearing are great... I'd just like to be able to record them

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I had the same issue in Usine Hollyhock. The VST only played truncated notes on key release (note off). However, Cakewalk Sonar X3 Producer worked fine. Went back to Hollyhock, clicked on the 'learn' button to the right of the user interface keyboard (changing it from gray to blue). This fixed the problem in Hollyhock. In Sonar, it's just the opposite... 'learn' button off (gray), it works fine. 'learn' button on (blue), only plays on key release.

Same thing here, i bought the Strings, Brass, Piano and "BigBang" and i'm having various issues with all of them including the same midi weirdness and some loading errors. Sent an email to tech support but never got a reply.

I'm using Mixcraft 8 and Orchestral Companion Strings works fine playing back recorded MIDI except when the DAW is in loop mode.

In that case, it gets to the end of the loop, then when it starts over, it plays just a bit of the note, as if someone had tapped a key.

In order to get it to play normally, all I need to do is stop and start the transport, but when I am recording multiple takes of something, overdubbing, whatever, it can be a pain in the a$$ to have my string section start playing backwards staccato, especially if I am recording vocals and am listening to it to help guide my pitch.

I've examined the MIDI stream with MIDI-OX and other utilities and can't see anything out of the ordinary when a loop restarts.

It sounds similar to what everyone else is describing. With all of the suggestions to phone tech support, I wonder if phone support has helped anyone solve the issue. It seems like it would be a nice thing to post the workaround here on the website.

I had a similar problem with another synth in a looped transport and a different DAW.

The DAW dev admitted that there was an issue with the way the DAW handled MIDI with a looped transport enabled. They are looking for a fix, but the implementation is potentially complicated and they do not wish to break something else.

For clarification, this occurred to me while looping a MIDI clip, with no input from a controller. So it might be helpful to detail whether your missing notes are in a already recorded clip, or that you are triggering them real-time from a controller.

So my suggestion is to try another DAW, and see if that works, then take your issue to Mixcraft. You can download and demo reaper for free.

Thanks, I did say "recorded MIDI," but the problem is with both. An event seems to occur when the DAW gets to the end of the loop that puts Orchestral Companion into this weird mode, and both the recorded notes and anything I try to play from the controller are just short blips. Stopping and restarting the transport fixes it. I have reported it to Acoustica, the company that does Mixcraft. Orchestral Companion seems to have been abandoned development-wise, but I thought that I would report it here anyway. I think I paid $10 for it on sale.

It used to loop recorded MIDI without issue for me in Mixcraft 8 as well, but somewhere along the way Acoustica broke it. I have confirmed this by checking against an older build of Mixcraft 8 that I still have on my computer, and have filed a bug report in with them. Orchestral Companion works fine with the older build. If they give me any information as to what it was that broke it, I will ask their permission to share it here. It's some hidden command that triggers the synth to invert its response to Note Ons and Offs or something.

If it's a bug in Mixcraft exposing a bug in the plugin, then a fix would probably need at least one of the dev teams to provide a patch to correct this. Since Mixcraft appears to be actively developed, that is probably your best path to a solution.

That's not surprising. Apparently some DAWs have variations in how they process MIDI events when the transport is looped. I had that problem in the last version of a different DAW and brought it to the attention of the developer. It appears to also be fixed on the newest release.